Research Article
Five Indigenous Plants of Pakistan with Antinociceptive, Anti-Inflammatory, Antidepressant, and Anticoagulant Properties in Sprague Dawley Rats
Table 3
Comparison of five plant activities in different assays.
| Crude plant extract | Percentage Activity | Analgesic assays¥ | Antidepressant assay§ | Anticoagulant assay§ | Anti-inflammatory assays¥ | Hot plate | Writhing | Carrageenan | Histamine |
| Quercus dilatata | 52.2% | 49.6% | 0% | 30.1% | 66.7% | 60.4% | Fagonia cretica | 43.4% | 39.3% | 35.4% | 74.6% | 53.3% | 52.4% | Hedera nepalensis | 59.1% | 52.7% | 53.4% | 73.8% | 63.3% | 63.5% | Phytolacca latbenia | 36.0% | 25.8% | 0% | 67.3% | 53.3% | 47.4% | Withania coagulans | 65.3% | 62.0% | 95.9% | 29.8% | 70.0% | 74.3% |
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Expressed as mean of highest activity. §Calculated from negative control group.
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